Warriors v. Cavaliers: Dubs Dunk Cavs
Pre-Game: Passing Last night my mother in-law died. She had been taken to the Emergency Room during the first quarter of Game One. That was...
Mark Rabine
mark rabine lives in the mission and works in a cubicle downtown. he would rather live than work.
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Stories by Mark
Warriors v. Cavaliers Game One: Dubs Take Thriller
By Mark Rabine Posted
Pre-Game Hangover Is new CIA director Gina Haspel also the covert commissioner of the NBA? She kindasorta conditionally implied the CIA would not enhance any...
NBA Finals: A cheatsheet for bandwagon fans
By Mark Rabine Posted
You’ve had a lot on your plate. Work, lack of work, rent, lack of rent, family, boyfriend troubles, climate change, the child, the dog, girlfriend...
Warriors v. Rockets Game 7: Dia de los Dubs!
By Mark Rabine Posted
Pre-Game: Here comes the sun After two weeks of fog, wind, thicker fog, and fiercer wind, nature relented. A splendiferous Carnaval weekend followed by a...
Warriors v. Rockets Game 6: Better late than never
By Mark Rabine Posted
Pre-Game: Triumph of the (Warriors’) Will We haven’t seen a situation like this since Game 7 in 2016, when the Warriors flatlined the fourth quarter...
Local pastries on red alert
By Mark Rabine Posted
We live on an active earthquake fault. We are on the brink of elimination from the NBA playoffs. And now this: nytimes.com/interactivesimulation/nuclearoption Yes, North Korea’s...
Warriors v. Rockets Game 5: Dubs give it away
By Mark Rabine Posted
Pre-Game: The Beautiful Game, Part II. Good news: Draymond Green was named to the NBA’s All-Defensive second team. What? Second team? Green will be seething....
The fried chicken sandwich showdown stops in at Son’s Addition
By Julian Mark and Mark Rabine Posted
Walking into Son’s Addition is perhaps like stepping into the Twilight Zone or, you know, suburbia. Maybe it’s the culture shock of walking down 24th...
Warriors v. Rockets Game 4: Lost in the fog
By Mark Rabine Posted
Pre-Game: The View from Dolores Park. This morning, the fog sits thick and damp over the Mission. Like the mood of the dog people of...
Game 3: Warriors v. Rockets: Steph gonna Steph
By Mark Rabine Posted
Pre-Game: May 1968. Fifty years ago, a generation of students took to the streets around the world. Not to celebrate the Celtics win over the...
Warriors v. Rockets Game Two: Day of the Dead
By Mark Rabine Posted
Pre-Game: The Beautiful Game. Kevin Durant took a lot of shit when he signed with the Warriors. He was pilloried for “ring chasing” and for...
Warriors v. Rockets: Dubs roll Rock Heads in Game One
By Mark Rabine Posted
Pre-Game: Zen and the Art of Drawing Fouls It’s one of those fog-filled days you expect in July. Is this an omen? Good or bad?...
Warriors fever strikes the Mission: A guide for the perplexed
By Mark Rabine Posted
What’s up? How could you not notice the blue and yellow banners Warriors suddenly waving from shops, homes, cars, bikes, scooters and strollers? Why else...
The fried chicken sandwich showdown stops in at West of Pecos
By Julian Mark and Mark Rabine Posted
Mark: As one who has always roved solo along Valencia on Friday and Saturday nights, I always thought of West of Pecos as one of...
The fried chicken sandwich showdown visits Bi-Rite
By Mark Rabine and Julian Mark Posted
Julian, 20-something, and Mark, 70-something, will be hunting for the Mission’s best fried chicken sandwich. If you have suggestions, write a comment — or, if...